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...then the next year say half or three-quarters of them have flunked out,” Bok says. “We know more about what it takes [to do well at Harvard] than they do, so we have some responsibility to take people who can reasonably succeed. Once you’re over that threshold, certainly income diversity is an important form of diversity and ought to be given significant weight...
...first you don’t succeed, punch and punch again. After failing to make the final cut of the Spee last year solely because he did not smoke pot, Dave S. Caruthers ’05 is again a punch. Though the members have ceased pressuring him to smoke up, sniffing rubber cement until he passes out has been set as a precondition of his admission...
...happily braved early hour masking tape duty to plaster the Yard with posters. The day of the performance, I tabled outside the Science Center for a cold and windy hour at 9 a.m. I wear the sweatshirt and do these things out of a desire to see the orchestra succeed. But I can’t help think that throwing myself into things like this might be a defense mechanism against feeling removed from the group—both because I am a percussionist and because, in some ways, I feel I don’t measure...
...aware of his victory, Lehe, still confidently holding a lead, continued on his journey. He strolled through Quincy, taking time to chat with his adoring public. He struggled to stifle what would be a third bout of vomiting (the first two being in Dunster and Mather) and managed to succeed. “I’m all about control,” he boasted. Finally, at Adams, Lehe wrestled through his final chickwich amidst a crowd of onlookers, after which he promptly vomited in a nearby trash can. Always a gentleman, he profusely apologized. “Gross...
...think this is unlike any other home rule petition,” he said. “If we do succeed at the ballot tomorrow, the petition will be sent forward by the people of Cambridge and not the City Council. I think that makes a bit of a difference...